Alright, i finally got my new plugs and wires on, very nice. I also removed the throttle body from the car and cleaned the dickens out of it, removed burrs and mold cast lines. Cleaned MAF sensor, left screen in. Both MAF and TB were VERY dirty. I have noticed a big difference in performance. Ok questions:
1. What should my idle be when engine is warm and in drive. Its about 625 right now, that seems low. I got the reading from the computer with Datamaster software. I think that explains the low oil pressure at idle, its only about 12 psi.
2. When the car is warm, if i am at a dead stop and hit the pedal to the floor, should the car break traction and smoke the tires, because it dont. It will put you back in the seat nicely but on a straight launch it will not break loose, now if you punch it in a turn it will give alittle bark.
The car has 174k on it but the engine is supposed to only have 30k since rebuild. Transmission is rebuilt about a year ago. On a whole the car runs great and the last time i had a trans am was a 79 with a pontiac 400, mid range cam, it would burn the tires off the rim just about from a dead stop, no power braking or the likes.
So i just want to know if the car is doing what its supposed to do, if it is then i will start upgrading, but if not, i need to put the money into makeing do what it is capable of. Thanks for your time.
1. What should my idle be when engine is warm and in drive. Its about 625 right now, that seems low. I got the reading from the computer with Datamaster software. I think that explains the low oil pressure at idle, its only about 12 psi.
2. When the car is warm, if i am at a dead stop and hit the pedal to the floor, should the car break traction and smoke the tires, because it dont. It will put you back in the seat nicely but on a straight launch it will not break loose, now if you punch it in a turn it will give alittle bark.
The car has 174k on it but the engine is supposed to only have 30k since rebuild. Transmission is rebuilt about a year ago. On a whole the car runs great and the last time i had a trans am was a 79 with a pontiac 400, mid range cam, it would burn the tires off the rim just about from a dead stop, no power braking or the likes.
So i just want to know if the car is doing what its supposed to do, if it is then i will start upgrading, but if not, i need to put the money into makeing do what it is capable of. Thanks for your time.
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